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Jun 30, 1992 | ISBN 9780679738985 Buy
Feb 09, 2011 | ISBN 9780307778000 Buy
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Jun 30, 1992 | ISBN 9780679738985
Feb 09, 2011 | ISBN 9780307778000
In these fifteen superb stories, this essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North Carolina. A young girl suffers her first betrayal. A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children. A neighborhood loan shark teaches a white social worker a lesson in responsibility. And there is more. Sharing the world of Toni Cade Bambara’s “straight-up fiction” is a stunning experience.
Toni Cade Bambara is the author of two short-story collections, Gorilla My Love and Seabirds Are Still Alive, and a novel, The Salt Eaters. She has also edited The Black Woman and Tales and Short Stories for Black Folks. Her works have appeared in various periodicals and… More about Toni Cade Bambara
“Ms. Bambara grabs you by the throat…she dazzles, she charms.” —Chicago Daily News“Among the best portraits of black life to have appeared in some time.” — Saturday Review“Bambara presents situations that build like improvisations on a melody….As drawn with spirit and subtlety. [Her characters] are-even in their defeats-a pleasure to watch.”— Newsweek
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